Microsoft Word Intermediate (Instructor Led)

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Course Aims:

This course is aimed at existing users of Microsoft Word who want to expand their basic knowledge of the product.‍

Course Prerequisites:

Attendees who wish to attend this course must have a basic knowledge of Word and feel comfortable with creating, saving, editing, formatting a document, and working with simple bullet points.

Course Objectives:

On completion of this course, delegates will be able to:

• Create columnar layouts using tabs
• Use advanced table design techniques
• Manipulate and calculate with data in a table
• Customise bullets and numbering and create multilevel lists
• Store frequently used text as Quick Parts
• Use mail merge to send a letter to multiple addressees
• Create newspaper style columns

Course Content:

Introduction and Objectives

Recap Character and Paragraph Formatting

• Formatting characters and Paragraphs

Working with Headers & Footers

• Creating headers & footers
• Inserting the page numbers, current date, and file name

Working with Tabs

• Inserting and editing custom tabs
• Creating a leader tab
• Clearing tabs

Advanced Table Design

• Merging & splitting table cells
• Splitting a table
• Sizing a table automatically
• Adjusting column and row widths automatically
• Changing text direction
• Setting table properties
• Converting a table to text
• Placing table headings on all pages
• Sorting table data
• Using formulas in tables
• Applying borders and shading

‍Using Charts & Diagrams

• Inserting and editing a chart, SmartArt, and screenshot‍

‍Working with Columns & Rows

• Adjusting column width and row height
• Inserting, deleting& adjusting columns and rows.

Working with Lists

• Customising numbered / bulleted lists
• Controlling the start number of a numbered list
• Bulleting / numbering a multilevel list
• Resetting bullet / number styles
• Sorting a list alphabetically

Working with Mail Merge

• Identifying the main document
• Creating a data source
• Adding merge fields to a document
• Previewing and completing a mail merge
• Sorting & filtering records to be merged
• Creating labels‍

Using Newsletter-style Columns

• Creating newsletter-style columns
• Changing column width& spacing
• Adding a vertical line between columns
• Balancing column length

Hints and Tips

This course is for people who already use Word for everyday documents but want to produce more professional, consistent outputs and work faster. It’s ideal for admins, PAs, coordinators, HR and anyone who creates documents with tables, structured layouts and lists, or needs to send letters and labels to multiple recipients using mail merge.

You should have a basic working knowledge of Word and feel comfortable creating, saving, editing and formatting a document, including using simple bullet points. For a live online session, you’ll also need access to Microsoft Word and the ability to join Microsoft Teams (with a stable internet connection).

After this course, most people move on to Microsoft Word Advanced to learn more complex document features and time-saving automation. These skills also support progression into roles where document quality matters, such as executive support, operations, HR, bid/proposal writing, training/admin support, and anyone responsible for producing templates or standard documents for a team.